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An Assessment Of The Marxist Doctrine Of Alienation And It’s Relevance To The Nigerian Society
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
It
has become increasingly common to hear life in the present age
characterized in term of alienation1 The concept of alienation has
become an almost obsessive concern in areas of socio-political
philosophy, as a condition of man in this modern age. The subject matter
has become the isolated individual. The individual is estranged from
other people, the fruit of his labour, and his self. The alienating
condition of modern man shows that we are confronted by the symptoms of a
morbid and acute social sickness.
In this present Nigerian society,
there has been lamentations of oppressions exploitation and
dehumanization. Nigerians are exploited by fellow Nigerians, hence, M.
I. Akimbo exclaimed, “we have done very estimable evil to ourselves in
this landâ€.2 Thus, a lot of thinkers now term Nigerian workers as
alienated beings. The question, which seems to be cropping up, is
whether some Nigerians are really alienated and marginalized?
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The
greatest ontological evil that can happen to being in its essence,
existence and expression is alienation.3 There has been various attempts
to interpret the conditions of the Nigerian workers following the basic
tenets of the Marxist doctrine of alienation, over the years. The worst
part, is the attempt to proffer solutions to the alienating conditions
of Nigerian workers following the pattern of Karl Marx’s-revolution.
The
problems created by alienation are multifarious. There is a problem of
man’s inhumanity to man dehumanization, as exemplified in the way the
rich treat the poor in Nigeria. There is also the estrangement of some
Nigerians; from the fruits of their labour, from friends and from
family. Added to the above is the exploitation of the resources in the
Niger Delta to develop the northern region of Nigeria. This exploitation
is in all regions; employers exploiting employees, the rulers
exploiting the ruled, the clergy men exploiting their members, some
lecturers in the university exploiting their students and so on. How do
we reconcile alienation with global call for freedom and human dignity?
How can man exercise himself fully in a society that is characterized
with all forms of alienation.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]One of the fundamental issues of most socio-political debate in recent years is ALIENATION, which means “estrangementâ€. This essay will elucidate the doctrine of alienation in its origin until the era of Karl Marx. Much attention will be focused on the way Marx conceived alienation, its causes, types and effects. Attempt will be made to use this doctrine to explicate the circumstances of the majority of Nigerians, who are predominantly poor.The approach will be a theoretical expositi ... Continue reading---
